WE START WARS – ‘The Animal Inside’

We Start Wars is a brand new band featuring some very familiar faces. The band members are:

Nita Strauss – Guitar

Alicia Vigil – Bass

Seana – Vocals

Nicole Papastavrou – Guitar

Katt Scarlett – Keyboards

Lindsay Martin – Drums

There’s a great feature in Guitar World where Strauss and Papastavrou talk about the new band. Strauss says that this is the band she’s always dreamed about forming and that We Start Wars will be “combining virtuoso playing with multi-layered songwriting and high-energy performance”.

We Start Wars has just released its first tune – the hard and heavy ‘The Animal Inside’ – and is playing its first gig on May 25th at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California.

AVIATOR SHADES – ‘Burn It Down’

I’ve been eagerly awaiting new music from Vancouver band Aviator Shades, and lo and behold, here it is – and it is so damn good. Aviator Shades has been one of my favorite bands since I first started listening to them back in 2012. I’ve seen them live a couple of times and they are absolute musical dynamite on stage as well.

The awesomely heavy, groovy, riffy ‘Burn It Down’ is taken from the band’s upcoming release ‘This Is What We Do’. I cannot wait to hear all the new tunes!

Aviator Shades are touring in western Canada this spring. All the details can be found on the band’s Facebook page.

IDLEWAR – ‘All That I Got’

Today’s track of the day is a new acoustic version of Idlewar’s song “All That I Got”. The original version is featured on Idlewar’s excellent 2016 album “Impulse”. You can get a copy of the acoustic version on iTunes or Amazon.